Device for holding doors while fitting locks, etc.



Nov. 24, 1931.

W. STAGGERS DEVICE FOR HOLDING DOORS WHILE FITTING LOCKS, ETC

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Patented Nov. 24, 1931 UNITED STATES WILLIAM F. STAGGERS, OF MANNINGTON,WEST VIRGINIA DEVICE FOR HOLDING DOORS WHILE FITTING LOCKS, ETC.

Application filed February 15, 1929. Serial No. 340,211.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel and useful device,particularly for carpenters for use in placing under a door in openposition for holding the door against movement while mortising in looksor repairing latches, catches or any device used in fastening the door.It is also an object of my invention to provide a device that will holdthe door firmly while making measurement markings on the door toindicate the correct position in which a lock must be installed so thata perfect fit may be made.

I attain these and other objects of my invention by the deviceillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of same; Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 ofFlg. 1, and

Figlis a side elevation of the invention,

reduced size, in'use to support a door.

Like numerals indicate like parts in each of the several views.

Referring to Figure 1 of the drawings, the character D indicates a doorwhich is being held'in stationary position by a suitable number ofprongs or projections 2 on plate 1 of my device, any desired number ofprojections being provided, preferably being arranged about one-quarterof an inch distance from each other. Plate 1, which preferably is ofspring steel, has a downwardend portion 3 with teeth 1 or other suitablefrictional element to engage the floor and prevent slipping. I provide ajack 7 consisting of a handle or lever 1.0 having bifurcated ends 11which preferably may be provided with extensions 8 on which the wheels 9are mounted. The plate 1 is operatively connected with the jack by meansof the loop or eye 5 through V which the rod or pivot element 6 extends.

In operation the plate is slid under the bottom of adoor, asillustrated-in Figs. 1 and 4, until it contacts with the door and thehandle or lever 10 which initially was in the dotted line position shownin Fig. 1, is swung to the full line position shown in that figure,thereby raising the plate 1, the teeth 2 of which engage the bottom ofthe door and firmly hold it so that the door is held stationary whilethe carpenter is fitting on a lock, door handle or otherwise working onthe door after it has been hung.

What I claim is: i

In a device of the class described, the combination of a resilient platehaving projections to engage the bottom of a door and having a toothedend to engage the floor, and a jack member pivotally connected to theother end of the plate for raising same and holding it in raisedposition to support the door in a fixed position.

WILLIAM F. STAGGERS.

